netdev - [PATCH net-next 0/5] tcp: Introduce a TFO key-pool for clean cookie-rotation

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Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:40:02 -0800
From:   Christoph Paasch <cpaasch@...le.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 0/5] tcp: Introduce a TFO key-pool for clean
 cookie-rotation

Currently, TFO only allows a single TFO-secret. This means that whenever
the secret gets changed for key-rotation purposes, all the previously
issued TFO-cookies become invalid. This means that clients will fallback
to "regular" TCP, incurring a cost of one additional round-trip.

This patchset introduces a TFO key-pool that allows to more gracefully
change the key. The size of the pool is 2 (this could be changed in the
future through a sysctl if needed). When a client connects with an "old"
TFO cookie, the server will now accept the data in the SYN and at the
same time announce a new TFO-cookie to the client.

We have seen a significant reduction of LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENPASSIVEFAIL
thanks to these patches. Invalid cookies are now solely observed when
clients behind a NAT are getting a new public IP.

Christoph Paasch (5):
  tcp: Create list of TFO-contexts
  tcp: TFO: search for correct cookie and accept data
  tcp: Print list of TFO-keys from proc
  tcp: Allow getsockopt of listener's keypool
  tcp: TFO - cleanup code duplication

 include/net/tcp.h          |   2 +
 include/uapi/linux/snmp.h  |   1 +
 net/ipv4/proc.c            |   1 +
 net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c |  41 +++++++---
 net/ipv4/tcp.c             |  15 ++--
 net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c    | 192 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 6 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)

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